Occupational Safety and Health Administration

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined Tyson Foods $263,498 for 15 “serious” and two “repeated” workplace safety violations at the company’s chicken processing facility in Center, TX. tysonfoodsvigAccording to OSHA inspectors, the violations by the one of the nation’s largest meat and poultry processors
Continue Reading Tyson Foods fined $263K for OSHA violations at Texas chicken plant

chickenprocessing_406x250The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited an Ohio poultry processing facility operated by Case Farms Processing Inc. for two willful, 20 repeat, 30 serious, and three other-than-serious safety and health violations. The country’s 13th-largest supplier of chicken, whose customers include national fast-food and
Continue Reading Ohio Poultry Processor Faces $861,500 in Fines From OSHA

http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photo-poultry-processing-image16589165Following an inspection of a Delaware poultry plant, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) found nine worker-related safety violations and proposed a penalty of $38,000. According to OSHA, the poultry processor, Allen Harim Foods LLC in Harbeson, DE, has been exposing poultry plant workers
Continue Reading OSHA Proposes $38K Fine for Chicken Processor Over Worker Injuries

Food industry employees have been using the whistleblower protections provided under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) ever since it was signed into law, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photography-businessman-responding-to-complaint-conceptual-image-hands-his-laptop-client-services-helpdesk-company-image36505737OSHA reports that it has received 144 whistleblower complaints under FSMA, beginning with
Continue Reading 144 Food Industry Employees Filed FSMA Whistleblower Complaints From 2011-2014